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Ukraine MPs allow government to impose trade embargo against Russia


    KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to give the government the right to impose a trade embargo against Russia, which said last week that it would suspend a free trade zone with Ukraine from Jan. 1.

    The law, supported by 291 of parliament's 420 lawmakers, will come into force when it has been signed by the president.

    (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Catherine Evans)